Selinus

The mint at the ancient site of Selinus in Sicily.

Die Studies

Item	Image	Metal	Weight
Selinus, silver, tetradrachms (quadriga/standing Selinos and various types) (466-415 BCE)		Silver	4,727 kg

Overstriking coins

Item	Metal	Date
2701 - Selinus (didrachm leaf/incuse square) over Corinth (Pegasus/swastika) (Noe 1957, p. 22, pl. VI, j)	Silver	515 BC ^JL
2268 - Selinus (didrachm leaf/incuse square) over Corinth (Pegasus/swastika) (Freeman & Sear, MBS 15, June 2008, 29)	Silver	515 BC ^JL
2476 - Selinus (tetradrachm Apollo/Selinos) over uncertain type (Gemini, 7, Jan. 2011, 145)	Silver	450 BC ^JL

Overstruck coins

Item	Metal	Date
19551 - Leontini (tetradrachm Apollo/lion) over Selinus (biga/Selinos) (Künker, 143, Oct. 2008, 80)	Silver	455 BC ^JL
1832 - Catana (tetradrachm quadriga/Apollo) over Selinus (biga/Selinus) (Paris, BnF, de Luynes coll., 894)	Silver	445 BC ^JL
20951 - Catana (tetradrachm quadriga/Apollo) over Selinus (biga/Selinus) (Acireale, coll. Pennisi - Garraffo, XVI, 9)	Silver	445 BC ^JL
2146 - Leontini (tetradrachm Apollo/lion) over Selinus (biga/Selinos) (Gemini, 9, Jan. 2012, 3)	Silver	455 BC ^JL
2430 - Messana (tetradrachm biga/hare) over Selinus (biga/Selinus) (Oxford, AM - Garraffo 1984, pl. XVII, 14)	Silver	450 BC ^JL
1787 - Metapontum (nomos ear of barley/ear of barley) over Selinus (New York, ANS)	Silver	540 BC ^JL
1861 - Metapontum (nomos ear of barley/ear of barley) over Selinus (selinon leaf/incuse square) (Paris, BnF, de Luynes 452)	Silver	540 BC ^JL
1900 - Metapontum (nomos ear of barley/ear of barley) over Selinus (Selinon leaf/incuse square) (New York, ANS)	Silver	540 BC ^JL
1922 - Metapontum (nomos ear of barley/ear of barley) over Selinus (selinon leaf/incuse square) (Athens, MN - Noe 1957, pl. VIII, e)	Silver	540 BC ^JL
1784 - Metapontum (nomos ear of barley/ear of barley) over Selinus (selinon leaf/incuse square) (Rago 1962, p. 7)	Silver	540 BC ^JL
2094 - Caulonia (nomos Apollo/stag) over Selinus (selinon leaf/incuse square) (New York, ANS)	Silver	475 BC ^JL
1712 - Metapontum (nomos ear of barley/ear of barley) over Selinus (selinon leaf/incuse square) (Paris, BnF, de Luynes 459)	Silver	540 BC ^JL
2426 - Croton (nomos tripod/incuse eagle) over Selinus (Syracuse, MAR)	Silver	430 BC ^JL
1932 - Terina (nomos nymph/Nike) over Selinus (selinon leaf/incuse square) (Noe 1957, p. 35, o)	Silver	440 BC ^JL

Description

Nomisma ID	selinus_sicily
Definition:	The mint at the ancient site of Selinus in Sicily.
Pleiades ID	462489
Ancient region	Sicily Nomisma: magna_graecia, Nomisma: sicily
Modern country	Italy
Coordinates	37.582841° N, 12.825120° E
Links	http://dbpedia.org/resource/Selinus https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/462489 https://sws.geonames.org/2523164/ http://collection.britishmuseum.org/id/place/x25950 http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7003848

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